All the latest major tour announcements from Australia and around the world.
Michael Jackson, Madonna, Duran Duran, Roxette, Billy Idol, Tina Turner, Bon Jovi, Robert Palmer… the eighties were undoubtedly a much more boundary-pushing era for music and pop culture as a whole. An era when […]
Celebrating 30 years The Screaming Jets are taking a step back in time and revisiting their musical history. Songs like ‘Sister Tease’, ‘Stop The World’, ‘Blue Sashes’, ‘Think’, and many more gems are due […]
Thin Lizzy are very pleased to announce the bass player for the forthcoming run of European Festival appearances to commemorate 50 years since the formation of the original band and 40 years since the […]
New England’s leading metal band, DEAD BY WEDNESDAY released their self-titled full length album on April 19th, 2019 through Combat Records/ EMP Label Group. The band has announced that they will be hitting the […]
After welcoming a sold-out crowd of 60,000 people in 2018, Aftershock returns even bigger this year, expanding to three full days of performances from some of the most popular music acts, including a mix […]
STATIC-X and DEVILDRIVER are pleased to welcome Wednesday 13 and Raven Black as additional official support artists on their upcoming North American headline dates, joining previously announced support artist Dope. The North American portion […]
Destroyer 666 will no longer be touring Australia and New Zealand in May/June. However BÖLZER, who were also scheduled to be performing, will now be headlining the booked dates. Information on ticketing & refunds […]
West Coast doom-bringers CHRCH have confirmed a two-week summer tour with Portland’s Usnea. The trek, which runs from July 5th in Sacramento, California through July 18th in Denver, Colorado, follows the band’s previously-announced Pacific […]
Elusive UK extremists, Dragged Into Sunlight will descend on Australia for three uncompromising shows this June. The band will make their debut appearance at the legendary Dark Mofo event in Tasmania as well as exclusive shows in Brisbane and […]
Texas crossover outfit POWER TRIP today kicks off a tour across the Midwest with support from their allies in Red Death, with shows in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, and St Louis this […]
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick off the second leg of their North American headlining tour this July. The A Quest To Believe, A Call To The Void II Tour will commence on July 26th […]
The 7th anniversary Apia Good Times All-Stars Tour kicks off in a little under a month with seven of our all-time favourite Australian music All-Stars – Vika & Linda Bull, Brian Cadd, Joe […]
EXIT 111 Festival will debut with a heavyweight line-up that celebrates all forms of rock–from hard to classic, alternative to southern–when it debuts October 11-13 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN. The inaugural […]
Two rock of rock music’s finest heavyweights are hitting the road together this summer. SKILLET and SEVENDUST will embark on the co-headline Victorious War Tour in August and September. Pop Evil will support, while Devour the Day will open the shows. The tour kicks off […]
Wacken Open Air is keeping the Easter bunny busy by putting a wide range of musical eggs into the baskets of their fans. The largest metal festival on this planet has announced 53 new bands […]
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY celebrated the return of frontman Pepper Keenan with the release of their latest studio album »No Cross No Crown«, on January 12, 2018 (Nuclear Blast). Since then the group has been […]
PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2019 continues to make waves as it confirms its final lineup for this year’s three-day, four-stage takeover of Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino August 16th – 18th, 2019. Swedish progressive metal […]
For two exclusive Australian dates only, classic UK Death Metal institution Bloodbath will annihilate Sydney and Melbourne audiences as they headline the very first Southern Slaughter Festival. Brought to you by Overdrive Touring, Southern […]
THE DAMNED are the greatest surviving British punk band, bar none, still firing on all cylinders and breaking all the rules. This most spiritually chaotic of all punk groups have never been away, never […]
Melbourne two-piece metal machine, Contrive, consisting of twin brothers Paul and Andrew Haug will be heading to the USA in May for their first ever tour of the country! The huge 24 date tour sees them […]
(hed) p.e. return to Australia for an encore run of shows following their successful tour in 2018 (their first in 5 years), thanks to Silverback Touring. The demand from fans was overwhelming. This time […]
Clowns highly anticipated new record Nature/Nurture is OUT NOW and as you may have guessed, the gang will not be waiting long to take these tunes to the stage across Australia and abroad! Nature/Nurture will be getting it’s […]
Everyone’s favourite mid-western emo pioneers, The Get Up Kids, will return to Australia this October for the first time in eight years. Being a fan of THE GET UP KIDS brings sheer joy. The twinkly […]
Called the “harshest band in America” by The Guardian, NAILS has returned to unleash their relentless fury once again with the release of a new song, ‘I Don’t Want To Know You.’ The digital […]
To celebrate 30 years of ‘A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles‘, Tyla’s Dogs D’Amour have some special releases, merchandise and live shows in store, including a double A-side 7″ single ‘Comfort Of The Devil / Errol […]
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